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It is good to see Indian intellectuals retain their 'moral voice'
December 17, 2015
Indira Gandhi is reported to have remarked to a friend that her stint in
office after returning to power in 1980 was made difficult by her lack
of support among the intelligentsia.
Indira Gandhi was not an
intellectual herself, and hence not given to making extravagant comments
for effect, as intellectuals often do; she obviously meant what she
said. But then why should lack of support among the intelligentsia
matter to her? Those in political power are surrounded by officers
belonging to the Indian Administrative Service and other such services,
who, in a certain sense, belong to the intelligentsia and who advise
them as a matter of course. She obviously did not miss their support. So
what is it that she missed that, by her own admission, made life
difficult for her in the post-1980 period?
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